1930s-era freight cars and locomotive on Model Railroader‘s Rice Harbor project layout.
Accurail
- No. 2500 series Norfolk & Western USRA twin hoppers (2)
- No. 4111 Virginian 40-foot outside braced-boxcar with wood doors and wood ends
- No. 4311 New York Central 40-foot outside-braced boxcar with wood doors and metal ends
- No. 43041 Pennsylvania 40-foot outside-braced boxcar with wood doors and metal ends
- No. 4507 Wabash 40-foot outside-braced boxcar with metal doors and metal ends
- No. 46022 Chicago & North Western double-sheath wood boxcar
- No. 4697 Data-only double-sheath wood boxcar (2)
- No. 7015 Wabash 40-foot 6-panel outside-braced boxcar with wood ends
- No. 7113 Seaboard Air Line 40-foot 6-panel outside-braced boxcar with Dreadnaught ends
Ertl
- No. 76229 Atlantic Coast Line 40-foot flatcar
- No. 91279 Atlantic Coast Line low-side gondola
InterMountain
- No. 46208 Belcher Oil Co. ACF Type 27 tank car
- No. 46614 Southern Ry. USRA drop-bottom composite gondola
Walthers
- 920-100301 WalthersProto Chicago Tank Car Co. ACF Type 21 tank car
- 933-968 Idler flat cars
The Ertl cars are ready-to-run, and have not been manufactured for many years.
The Tichy cars are kits, and are currently available.
The Ertl asnd Tichy cars are basically nearly identical models.
Both are very light-weight due to lack of hiding spots for weight, and yet will run very well on this small harbor.
Try adding metal wheelsets for a little extra tracking ability if needed.
Walthers (ex Tru-Scale ex Train-Miniature) flat cars are very similar, also, and are heavier, having the familiar full sized sheet metal weight hidden under the deck. The underframe can make this flat car look a bit too high, so I trimmed the underframe to tuck into the ledge of the side sills.
I thought the flats were the tichy train kits.